FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 10, 2026) – Attorney General Russell Coleman and a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general are pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make improvements to its Robocall Mitigation Database that would help curb illegal robocalls. This action is the fourth letter the coalition has sent to protect consumers.
“Through our continued action with other attorneys general we’re working to end these inconvenient, time-consuming calls once and for all. Regulating these service providers and stopping these illegal calls is essential to protecting Kentuckians,” said Attorney General Coleman.
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Phone service providers must register with the Robocall Mitigation Database before they can send calls through U.S. phone networks. As part of that process, they’re required to provide information about their business and detail action taken to prevent robocalls. Other providers are only supposed to accept calls from companies listed in that database. Currently, scammers and other bad actors can get into the database and remain listed without much difficulty.
The attorneys general are pushing for stronger oversight and guidelines. The group is urging the FCC to improve the effectiveness of the Robocall Mitigation Database by strengthening filing obligations and deterring bad actors and noncompliant providers from appearing in the database.
The coalition filed comments in response to the FCC’s proposed changes to the database. In addition to what the FCC is already doing, the attorneys general urge additional action including:
- Ensure that all information in the database is accurate and complete. The FCC should thoroughly vet all information submitted to the database before allowing a provider to appear in the database and to start sending call traffic through the network.
- Require additional disclosures. The FCC should require providers to disclose their use of third parties, related entities, the legitimacy of claims of a domestic presence, and access to numbering resources.
- Make it more difficult for bad actors to enter or re-enter the database. The attorneys general support the FCC’s proposed methods to suspend or remove bad actors from the database, strengthen the filing format and content of robocall mitigation plans, and require that database filers provide evidence of solvency.
Attorney General Coleman is part of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, which launched Operation Robocall Roundup in 2025. During Phase 1 of the operation, the task force issued warning letters to 37 smaller voice service providers for failing to meet their obligations to mitigate the origination and transmission of illegal and/or suspicious robocalls, including noncompliance with baseline FCC requirements. Over the past year, the FCC has taken further action against at least 16 of these providers. In Phase 2, the task force expanded its crackdown to four of the country’s largest intermediate voice service providers and pushed the FCC to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers’ access to legitimate phone numbers.
Attorney General Coleman is joined in signing this letter by the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Read the letter here.